Excerpt from work
Quand le dessin devient performance
Date
May 8, 2014Place
BAnQ Vieux-MontréalDirector
Priscilla GuyLength
22 min 55
The FJPP invited performance artists The Two Gullivers to create a work inspired by the Jean-Pierre Perreault Fonds. With the participation of Geneviève Duong, Nicolas Patry, Thérèse Patricia Côté, Danielle Deveault, Christiane Gambin, Amélie Giguère, Solange Gilbert, Yaprak Hamarat, Krystiane Hamel, Anne-Julie Hynes, Véro Leduc and Laurent Vernet
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On April 1, 2015, the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault invited artists and performance art researchers The Two Gullivers to create a work inspired by the Jean-Pierre Perreault archive. Quand le dessin devient performance is a “performative archive” in which the two artists intersect with professional dancers,…
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For 30 years, the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault has preserved and showcased the work of Jean-Pierre Perreault (1947-2002). In recent years, it has expanded its mission to assume a unique role in promoting Quebec’s contemporary dance heritage. On May 8, 2014, the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault celebrated…
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